Here we go! Get out some pens, cards, and stationery! Who are you going to write this month? I’m doing the #30lettersin30dayschallenge with #write_on! Even if you don’t do all 30 days, how wonderful to think of others and surprise them with a letter. Let me know who you will the lucky people are that will receive letters from you! I’m going to think outside the box a bit. Stay tuned!

Thank you all who have watched my TEDxCamarillo talk about the gift and power of handwritten letters! It has been fun getting letters, reading comments about how the talk inspired people to write and hearing stories about how it triggered memories about special letters from you! National Letter Writing Month is right around the corner. I’ll write more about that next time!

A Letter A Week was created to inspire myself and others to write someone at least once a week. The possibilities are endless of who we can write.

Though many consider it a lost art, I will forever write as long as I’m able. There’s a simple yet, most personal connection with one’s own writing, sealing an envelope and dropping the letter in a mailbox. Once a letter leaves us it is up to the receiver to let the gift of the letter carry on.

Some friends drone on to me about how there’s no need to write when we have instant communication through texting and social media. I don’t care. It’s classy, it’s timeless, and many still enjoy receiving a handwritten letter.

I’m not one to watch funeral services online, but today I listened to former First Lady Nancy Reagan’s. How wonderful to hear about the handwritten letters that President Reagan wrote to her over the years. Even better was to hear that she kept all the in a shopping bag in her closet. I’m working on writing a book about letter writing and when I did a survey for family and friends, one of my questions was do you keep letters. Do you keep them in a special place?

If you google Ronald Reagan letters you’ll see many from the former President. He had a way of expressing himself that was simple, funny, and honest, yet caring and genuine. May they both rest in peace.

I haven’t been blogging much, but that doesn’t mean I’m not writing and sending cards. I don’t even know where to start with some of the cute stationery I’ve mailed recently so I’ll just feature one here today.

Go to this site and I bet you’ll order something. The quality of the paper and envelopes is very good. She sells a lot of kraft enveoples, but color always adds a little brightness when opening the mailbox and their colored envelopes do that. The Best Wrapped Foil cards are perfect because you can write a salutation in the small box. So far I’ve written “Happy Birthday”, “Feel Better” and “Hey you!” on them. A good choice to send a male a card with these. Not feminine or masculine, again, just perfect. 🙂

They also sell a Grab Bag Surprise. This is a fantastic deal for 10 cards for only $22.00 right now. It is normally $32.00, which is still a great deal. She also throws in a few pens and a surprise. I ordered this and can’t tell you how perfect all the cards were. The packaging and presentation–lovely!

Off to buy some Halloween candy for the kiddos. I’d much rather give them stationery, but doubt that would go over well. Hee, hee!